Europe Proper. 5 



Nephrodium — continued. 



land, to Spain and Greece. Frequent in exposed situations in hilly 

 and mountainous regions in England, Scotland, and Ireland ; yield- 

 ing a balsamic fragi-ance when handled, from the copious glands of 

 the frond. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 14. 



N. (Last.) Filix-mas, Rich. Hab. : throughout Europe. One of 

 the most common of ferns. 



N. (Last.) cristatum, Mich. Hab. : Scandinavia, to S. Italy and 

 Greece. Rare in England ; chiefly in Norfolk. Hook. Brit. Ferns, 

 t. 17. 



N. (Last.) rigidum, Desv. Hab. : Spain, Greece, Syria, South 

 Germany, Alps of Switzerland, and Savoy ; rare in Britain. Hook. 

 Brit. Ferns, t. 16. 



N. (Last.) spinulosum, Desv. (N. dilatatum, N. remotum, &c.). 

 Hab. : almost universal throughout Europe from the Mediterranean 

 to Sweden and Norway. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 18 to 22. 

 Folypodlum. 



P. (Pheg.) Phegopteris, Linn. Hab. : mountain districts gene- 

 rally throughout Europe, from Iceland to Switzerland and Savoy, 

 Etruria and Greece. In various parts of England, Scotland, and 

 Ireland, chiefly in woods; rare in the warmer counties of the 

 south-east of England. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 3. 



P. (Pheg.) Dryopteris, Linn. Hab. : Lapland, to the Pyrenees 

 and Nortb Italy, in mountain districts ; frequent in the mountain 

 districts of England and Scotland; rare in Ireland ; still more rare 

 in the south and east of England, Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 4. 



P. (Pheg.) alpestre, Hoppe. Hab. : Lapland, Russia, Germany, 

 and on the Alps m the south. Rare in the Highland mountains of 

 Scotland. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 6. 



P. vulgare, Linn. Hab. : common throughout most of the cold 

 and temperate regions of the globe. In Europe to its extreme 

 south. Throughout Great Britain and Ireland, on old banks, walls, 

 rocks, and mossy trunks of trees. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 2. 

 ITotliocblsena. 



N. Lanuginosa, Desv. Hab. : Spain, and all the_warm regions of 

 the Mediterranean, Greece, Syria, &c. 



N. Marantse, M. Br. Hab. : south of Europe, throughout the 

 Mediterranean region. Syria and Tauria, to Ardeche and Portugal. 

 ' As far north as Botzen in the Tyrol (46" 30' N.) ; but both the 

 Nothochleenas are very local in Europe.' C. Bunbury. 



GymnogTamme. 



G. Pozoi, Kunze. Hab. : Province of Biscay, and Sierra Nevada, 

 Spain. O. rutcsfolia. Hook. Sf Or. Lc. Fil. t. 90 ; Hook. Cent. Ferns, 

 t. 35. 



G. leptophyUa, Desv. Hab. : the south of Europe, Jersey, and 

 shores of the Mediterranean. Hook. §- Or. Ic. Fil. t. 25. 



Osmunda. 



0. regalis, Li7m. Hab. : Sweden, and most parts of Europe. 

 Bogs and marshy grounds, at the margins of woods, &c., in various 

 parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 45. 

 Ophloglossuiu. 



O. lusitanicum, Linn. Hab. : shores of the Mediterranean, and as 



